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...very different vision that faced me on the day of the race. The Thames I encountered was narrow, gray, and dotted with dark patches of choppy waves. Dingy black barges made their way up and down the race course, drawing little water. Our centerboard caught in the muddy banks before we were even off the mooring and our little craft was buffeted by the gusting winds. My confidence was as shaken--the only thing keeping me from running away was the trusting smile of my MP. He didn't seem to notice that I was the youngest skipper, the only...
...sport's Tom Landry, precise and by the book. Korchnoi plays with creative abandon, moving "out of book" into unexplored permutations. A book play proved crucial in the match's opening contest. Korchnoi made questionable exchanges at moves 10 and 12, allowing Karpov to execute a centerboard attack on the 24th move. Korchnoi resigned a hopeless position after the 43rd turn...
Sailing in their home waters and in their own 420's. a centerboard sloop, the Elis proved to have an advantage over Harvard, accustomed to the jib-less Interclub dinghys and the stormy Charles...
...Bryan Price: the International 5-0-5 Class world sailing championship; in a stiff breeze off Larchmont, N.Y. Australian Price handled his 16-ft. centerboard Sundowner as though it was wearing a motor, blew U.S. Air Force Lieut. Henry Schefter into second place, and whipped 52 other contestants from eight countries...
...U.R.I. crew was able to show that the boat had a defective centerboard, though, and received a different boat, in which they won the race. The final meet score was U.R.I. 143, Harvard 140, with M.I.T. third (125) and the Coast Guard fourth (106). High-point skipper for the championships was Mike Horn, at 72 points for the B division series. Carter Ford was tied with U.R.I.'s skipper for high-point honors in the A division with 68 points...